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MENTAL MODEL · M1365

Combating Poison with Poison

Combating Poison with Poison
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Using toxic substances (such as scorpions, centipedes, arsenic) to treat extremely stubborn diseases (such as cancer, stubborn tinea). Leveraging the potent and biased nature of poisons to overcome stubborn pathogens.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

Chemotherapy logic. When conventional forces (herbal medicines) cannot penetrate a fortress, nuclear weapons (poisons) are needed. However, dosage must be precisely controlled, with the goal of killing a thousand enemies while limiting self-harm to within eight hundred.

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Using potent/dangerous means (poisons) to overcome stubborn problems that conventional methods cannot solve, relying on 'using bias to counteract bias'; the key is precise dosage control to ensure that harm to the enemy exceeds self-harm.

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